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• Greeneville Astros Release 2010 Schedule

  
  Minor League Baseball News - MLN - The Raw Feed — Authority: 127
  MLN Newswire - www.mlntherawfeed.com - GREENEVILLE, TN- The Greeneville Astros have released their 2010 schedule. The slate features thirty-four home games at Pioneer Park in addition to thirty-four games on the road throughout the Appalachian League beginning in late June and . . .
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• Am I Loving This Game Yet?

  
  GenXXL — Authority: 138
  Take a look at how the league is structured now and you’d think you were in “The Twilight Zone”.  I know we’re only 8 or so games into the season but there are some troubling trends that need to be discussed because if they continue we’re all going to be wallowing in our tears as we are proven wrong over ...
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• Well the son-of-a-gun pecked in, now let him peck out

  
  Appalachian History — Authority: 126
  Nationally recognized herbalist Tommie Bass (1908-1996) was the subject of scholarly and popular books, television features, a front-page essay in the Wall Street Journal, and numerous articles in newspapers and magazines. Bass lived almost his entire life in the Tennessee Valley and Ridge section of Alabama, ...
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• 2.25% 12-Month CD & 2.50% 24-Month CD at Appalachain Community FCU in TN & VA - Local Only

  
  Bank Deals - Best Rates and Deals — Authority: 441
  Appalachian Community FCU is offering three competitive share certificate specials:1.85% APY 6 months2.25% APY 12 months2.50% APY 24 monthsThese rates are listed in the share rates page as of 11/12/09. Minimum deposit is $1,000.Membership is open to those who live, work, worship or attend school in one of the ...
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• UK hosts daylong conference on coal in Kentucky

  
  KFTC Blog — Authority: 423
  On Thursday November 5, KFTC members Vanessa Hall and Suzanne Tallichet participated in A Forum on Coal in Kentucky. The daylong event hosted by the University of Kentucky Department of Mining Engineering and the Center for Visualization and Virtual Environments sponsored the event as “a balanced discussion ...
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• Appalachian Writers

  
  Blind Pig & The Acorn — Authority: 414
  Todays post starts a new monthly feature on the Blind Pig & The Acorn-interviewing writers from Appalachia. I have a delightful writer to introduce you to, Shirley Bullock from Kentucky. Last summer I had the pleasure of reading Shirleys latest... (Please-click on the title to continue reading-thank you!)
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• Moses Cone learned men. He learned how to win them.

  
  Appalachian History — Authority: 126
  It was in the late 1870s that merchants of this section of the state came to know a young Hebrew grocery drummer who traveled the mountains on horseback soliciting orders for the Cone wholesale grocery firm doing business in Jonesboro, TN. He was an attractive and interesting young drummer who had genius as a ...
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• Stushie Art – Waterfall Series – River of Life

  
  Stushie's Art — Authority: 112
  Second in my new series [IMG: http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2514/4096734494_70446cefe9.jpg][IMG: http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stushieart.wordpress.com&blog=2884399&post=296&subd=stushieart&ref=&feed=1]
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• Coal Country Dems to White House: Get Your Act Together

  
  The Washington Independent Blog — Authority: 155
  The collision between environmental protection and coal extraction is nothing new to the Appalachian states, which are home to some of the largest coal deposits in the world. But in the middle of an unemployment crisis — and with a new administration showing signs of cracking down harshly on the destructive ...
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• Atomische : Nature’s Ornaments / 2007

  
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  Atomische  : Nature’s Ornaments / 2007
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• Blackburn went to the serpent box and got the two copperheads out

  
  Appalachian History — Authority: 126
  As the day was coming to a close and the evening was drawing on people started to the church. They came from the hollows and mountains where they lived. That night Lester Raines took two copperheads that Blackburn had caught early that week for the church service. Lester had a hole dug out in the bank at the back ...
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• Blind Adventurer aims to complete the Pacific Crest Trail

  
  Gregory Goes There — Authority: 118
  The majority of the things we take for granted are the ones, that if taken away, we would miss the most. And for those who enjoy the outdoors, losing the ability to see would be one one of those things. At 35, Trevor Thomas went blind. For 30+ years, Trevor had been an avid outdoorsman, whose passions included ...
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• Programming Note: National Geographic Channel Explores the Appalachian Trail Tonight

  
  National Parks Traveler — Authority: 569
  Sorry for the late programming note, but just got word that the National Geographic Channel will explore the Appalachian National Scenic Trail tonight. read more
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• National Young Readers Week

  
  UNC Press Blog — Authority: 113
  Creating lifetime readers is the goal and it’s all thanks to Pizza Hut. Wait, what? That’s right, you read me correctly. National Young Readers Week is an annual event that was co-founded in 1989 by Pizza Hut and the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress . Pizza Hut created The BOOK IT! Program as ...
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• Stack Cake

  
  Appalachian History — Authority: 126
  The dried apple stack cake is one of the most popular southern Appalachian cakes--- no surprise considering apples are found aplenty in the mountains. Culturally its akin to the classic European torte. It looks like a stack of thick pancakes, with apple preserves, dried apples or apple butter spread between each ...
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• Great Hiking and Outdoor Memoirs

  
  sectionhiker.com — Authority: 125
  I really like reading hiking and outdoor memoirs because they combine personal insights and emotions with the writers experience of everyday routine, physical trials, town encounters, and natural wonder. Theres a richness in them that you dont often find in autobiographies or more episodic trail journals and trip ...
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• Bigfoot Possibly Filmed Along The Appalachian Trail

  
  Baxter King's Creepy — Authority: 129
  A Dauphin County Pennsylvania man claims that he captured video of the legendary Bigfoot on his flip-cam. He claims that while he and his wife were hiking along the Appalachian Trail they came across a strange ‘fort-like’ stand of trees and brush. Moments later the man was startled by a loud roaring animal sound. ...
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• I closed my eyes and bent my head to receive the stroke of the tomahawk

  
  Appalachian History — Authority: 126
  On the 8th of March, 1782, William White, in sight of Fort Buckhannon [ed.-in modern day Upshur County, WV], was shot from his horse, tomahawked, scalped and lacerated in the most frightful manner by the Indians. Whites companions Timothy Dorman and his wife were captured. After the killing of White and capture of the ...
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• Preserving Maine’s inland wilderness

  
  Travels with Hilary — Authority: 118
  Two recent acquisitions have protected some of Maine’s prized wilderness. The Appalachian Mountain Club has acquired and protected the Roach Ponds tract in the 100-Mile Wilderness region, and The Nature Conservancy ’s has done the same with Number 5 Bog and the Moose River Bow trip, near Jackman. The AMC’s ...
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